> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:37:21 +0200 (CEST) > From: Kevin Venzke > Subject: [EM] RE : Re: Election methods in student government...
> > IRV satisfies LNH but strictly speaking does not allow equal rankings. > > MMPO satisfies LNH but allows equal rankings. Would there be any > > benefits in disallowing equal rankings in MMPO? > > I don't see any benefit in that. On the contrary, that would cause MMPO > to fail FBC. But isn't IRV more prone to FBC (i.e. ranking a compromise higher)? In other words, though MMPO would fail FBC, it would not be as bad as IRV? (When I said "disallowing equal rankings" in the above, I should have also clarified that truncation would still be allowed as IRV allows truncation.) Thanks, Gervase. ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
